Publisher Market Shares: December 2014
Jan 19, 2015
Marvel Comics was the leading publisher in Retail Dollar Share and DC Entertainment the leader in Unit Share in December 2014 based on total sales of comics, graphic novels and magazines to comic book specialty stores, according to Diamond Comic Distributors.
PUBLISHER MARKET SHARES
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in December 2014
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NEW TITLES SHIPPED
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in December 2014
| PUBLISHER | COMICS SHIPPED | GRAPHIC NOVELS SHIPPED | MAGAZINES SHIPPED | TOTAL SHIPPED |
| DC COMICS | 102 | 36 | 1 | 139 |
| MARVEL COMICS | 77 | 24 | 0 | 101 |
| IMAGE COMICS | 52 | 18 | 0 | 70 |
| IDW PUBLISHING | 44 | 24 | 0 | 68 |
| BOOM! STUDIOS | 42 | 6 | 0 | 48 |
| DARK HORSE COMICS | 30 | 12 | 0 | 42 |
| DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT | 33 | 3 | 0 | 36 |
| VIZ MEDIA | 0 | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT | 15 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| HACHETTE BOOK GROUP USA | 0 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| OTHER | 94 | 81 | 31 | 206 |
COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in December 2014
| DOLLARS | UNITS | |
| DECEMBER 2014 VS. NOVEMBER 2014 | ||
| COMICS | 1.77% | 0.31% |
| GRAPHIC NOVELS | -18.50% | -21.51% |
| TOTAL COMICS/GN | -5.14% | -1.64% |
| DECEMBER 2014 VS. DECEMBER 2013 | ||
| COMICS | 6.67% | 4.50% |
| GRAPHIC NOVELS | -5.41% | -8.39% |
| TOTAL COMICS/GN | 2.83% | 3.46% |
| CALENDAR YEAR 2014 VS. CALENDAR YEAR 2013 | ||
| COMICS | 4.03% | 0.25% |
| GRAPHIC NOVELS | 5.18% | 5.28% |
| TOTAL COMICS/GN | 4.39% | 0.64% |
| FOURTH QUARTER 2014 VS. THIRD QUARTER 2014 | ||
| COMICS | -2.90% | -1.57% |
| GRAPHIC NOVELS | 6.31% | 4.02% |
| TOTAL COMICS/GN | -0.20% | -1.16% |
| FOURTH QUARTER 2014 VS. FOURTH QUARTER 2013 | ||
| COMICS | 7.89% | 7.05% |
| GRAPHIC NOVELS | 7.56% | 6.13% |
| TOTAL COMICS/GN | 7.78% | 6.98% |
| SECOND-HALF 2014 VS. FIRST-HALF 2014 | ||
| COMICS | 19.34% | 18.58% |
| GRAPHIC NOVELS | 10.54% | 4.26% |
| TOTAL COMICS/GN | 16.53% | 17.36% |
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Dollar Market Share – December 2014 |
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Unit Market Share– December 2014 |
How does Diamond calculate the charts? It all starts at the comic book shop.
Data for Diamond’s sales charts — which includes the monthly market shares and all top product charts — are compiled by Diamond Comic Distributors from sales made to thousands of comic book specialty shops located in North America and around the world. Additional sales made to online merchants and other specialty stores may be included as well.
Unit and dollar market shares are calculated based upon orders for comic books, graphic novels, and magazines invoiced and shipped to Diamond customers during any given month, which comprises pre-orders, advance reorders, and reorders, minus any copies that are received back from a title marked as returnable. Please note that comics marked with an asterisk (*) have had their reported quantities reduced due to retailer returnability, and thus may rank lower on the charts than their actual sales would reflect.
The New Titles Count Chart includes all titles that were invoiced by Diamond to retailers for the first time during the month and is not the official solicited title count for the month. Variant edition comic books and graphic novels at the same price point count as a single SKU. Variant edition comic books, lenticular covers, digital combo packs, and graphic novels at different price points count as separate SKUs for each edition.
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